Congratulations Filmmakers of the Year!
Yes. After coming second place last year
with “A Date With Destruction” and winning an audience award for “Planehouse”,
on Thursday the 8th of March R. E. Productions won first place and were
awarded the title of “Young Irish Filmmakers of the Year 2007” in the
Fresh Film Festival. First prize was a place in the Young Irish Film
Makers course over the summer and a very, very, very big (huge) novelty
cheque for €1000. We nevertheless faced stiff competition (170 entries)
and the standard of films showcased this year had improved exponentially
from last year.
R. E. Productions is the brainchild of Conor Barry, Fionn Fitzmaurice,
Ciaran Maginn and James McDonnell.
The film entered was titled “Hang Up Noise Man” and tells the story of a
man who struggles to overcome the odds and achieve greatness regardless
of his communication problems. It’s sort of like an Irish “Babel”, and
by “Babel”, we mean film. It is an action packed explosion fest of
creativity and genius of the highest calibre and it was for this reason
that it was crowned first place in a competition of over 170 films by
young filmmakers.
With witty dialogue and puns galore it is difficult not to fall in love
with the colourful characters depicted by the fine range of actors.
Other than the previously named filmmakers, Lauren Turner also makes a
heart warming cameo and shows our beloved hero the way to true happiness
and Katibeth Rendek’s acting had us all convinced. We used a camera.
R. E. Productions continues to push the boundaries of the medium of film
and their filmmaking expertise can only go up from here. With a huge
catalogue of films already and plenty more in the barrel, R. E.
Productions really have stood the test of time.
By Conor Barry, Fionn Fitzmaurice and Ciaran Maginn.
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Well done to everybody who took part in
activities connected with our celebration of Seachtain na Gaeilge. As
well as Irish language signs all over the school, there was a programme
of music all week in assembly and mass participation in Irish dancing,
as you can see from the pictures on this and the next page.
Orchestra wins Feis Ceoil
Well done to the members of the orchestra
(leader Robert Farhat) and to their Conductor Ms M. White on their
recent victory in the orchestra competition of the Feis Ceoil, and
following on their victory in the Inter Schools Music Festival. Pictured
below right with adjudicator Hannah Roberts.
Black belt in Las Vegas
Congratulations to Alex Deane (Form 2)
who achieved his Junior Black Belt in Kenpo Karate last month after a
series of stringent tests in front of the Senior Grand Master Paul
Mills, in Las Vegas. Along with three other members of his club, Alex
became one of the first people in Ireland to achieve this rank. This was
an incredible occasion for Alex, with two ten hour flights and two
drives of 500km across the Mojave desert involved, as well as all the
sights of Las Vegas. Well done!
Outstanding music success
Congratulations to Robert Farhat (Form 6)
who is continuing his accomplished musical career with some outstanding
recent achievements. Robert won the Frank Maher Music Prize at the open
competition at Castleknock College, winning a bursary of €2,000. There
was a large number of very accomplished finalists and this is a
wonderful prize for Robert. He also recently won the Benson Cup for Bach
piano playing at the Feis Ceoil, along with the Morrie Grant Cup and
Bursary. Well done!
Lunch time concert
3G has organised a lunch time concert for
those at junior lunch break on Friday20 April in the Demonstration
Theatre. Doors open at 12.40 and the concert starts at 12.50.
Admission will be €2 in order to raise money for CARI which is a charity
supporting unaccompanied minors who come to Ireland as refugees.
Permission has been given for you to eat in the Demo on this occasion.
Concern Fast appeal
Pictured right -
a donation of €1397 on behalf of 3WK CSPE class
is presented to Concern as part of the class's
action project for Junior Certificate CSPE.
Fixtures and training this week
Girls tennis
Tennis trials for all girls who want to be on a tennis team this year
will take place today Tuesday 17th April from 4.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. On
Wednesday 18th there will be practices for girls on tennis teams from
1.30 to 3.00 p.m. Training days will be announced on Wednesday.
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